Mavie is 27 years old and has just moved to the French capital from the provinces. She dreams of a future as a writer but is plagued by doubt and uncertainty. 76-year-old misanthrope Georges runs a bookshop in Paris – or has he merely been forced to take refuge there to escape his past? These are two peculiar creatures indeed. Georges is cynical and no longer expects much from life, while Mavie is still brimming with expectation. Yet something magical happens between them, until Georges' dark secret suddenly catches up with him – and Mavie is caught up in something very different...
　　Director Elise Girard succeeds in making a dreamlike film full of surprising absurdities. It’s not just love that appears out of the blue for the two protagonists, but also some quite literal strange birds. Girard depicts love beyond the barriers of age in a way that is both unexpected and moving, romantic instead of physical, timeless instead of fashionable. The film reminds us of the multifaceted nature of love as well as how fleeting it can be, existing not yesterday or tomorrow but above all in the present.

　　妮娜（安娜·车波夫斯卡 Anna Chipovskaya 饰）和丈夫亚历山大（阿雷克西·查多夫 Aleksei Chadov 饰）之间的感情非常要好，两个人一个拥有美丽的样貌，一个拥有丰富的学识，他们的婚姻一直都是朋友们眼中的典范。然而，当严重的财政危机击中了这个家庭后，妮娜和亚历山大开始渐行渐远，两人的婚姻出现了裂痕。
　　亚历山大欠了银行一大笔钱，而负责处理这笔债务的，是名叫谢尔盖（Dmitri Pevtsov 饰）的男子。虽然谢尔盖也有着自己的妻子和家庭，可是，在同妮娜相处的过程中，两人不可自持的产生了背德的感情。在这股感情的漩涡里，妮娜越陷越深。

　　离家创业的姐姐翁坤回到家乡长白 山，她准备改变参乡以个体培育“园参”为主要经营方式的无序人参种植业，推广可大幅提高经济效益的“林下参”种植。翁坤果决的商业手段激发了村民的不解，而天性淳朴的翁俪认为姐姐是为追求金钱而弃亲情、乡情于不顾，姐妹之间反目成仇。翁坤的前男友周克是当地最大的参商，他对翁坤旧情未灭，利用天真的翁俪，勾结外商崔老板大量囤积参源，希望迫使翁坤臣服......